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NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Seraherrera The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

simon-852-379754 I have never been tempted to write a review before, but was roused into action when I heard that this series only had three episodes and there are no plans for any more.I think this is the best comedy I have seen since Episodes. There were many times when I laughed out loud. Each week my girlfriend and I eagerly looked forward to the next installmentThis was intelligently written and very funny. It centres around the ambassador and his right-hand man, the ambassador's wife and a small group of staff at embassy. It comes across a quintessentially British bumbling around in a foreign country trying to grasp a strange culture. As someone well travelled, I would normally hate that approach but credit to the excellent writing. This kept me entertained with mild plots and lots of laugher.I will be recommending this to all my friends especially ex-pats that are always looking for gems of British TV and British comedy.

m-rickerd As a former member of the British Diplomatic Service I found this series ticked a lot of boxes. I recognised a number of the characterisations as being similar to people I had come across in my own career, and the balance of realistic scenarios and humour was cleverly done. I found myself empathising with several of the characters in the Embassy who struggled to maintain a semblance of normal life amid conflicting, usually urgent and sometimes dangerous, calls on their time. Reviewer journalist1 clearly has a different interpretation of "politically correct" than me. The programme deliberately poked fun at institutions and individuals, from the British Royal Family to the ruling clique of the semi-fictitious country where it is set. Of course there were errors - the Union Jack regularly being flown upside down, for example, something that the producers should really have got right - and it had to be a bit "over-the-top" to be funny, but overall it was an amusing but realistic peek into the world of modern diplomacy at the day-to-day level. I hope there will be another series.

at_powell A fascinating mix of political satire, relationship drama and intelligent comedy, the Ambassadors was well acted by a quality cast and developed nicely over the 3 episodes. The absurdities of service in the FCO were well balanced by the consideration of some interesting themes and the inevitable moral quandaries that arise when trying to meet the often multiple and incompatible requirements of the diplomatic service.Both Mitchell and Webb delivered enjoyable performances, and the production values were excellent, providing a realistic backdrop for the supporting cast to develop their characters. I was genuinely disappointed to find out that there are only 3 episodes - it deserves more.

BritTVlists Ambassadors is set in the fictional country of Tazbekistan,with Mitchell playing British ambassador Keith Davis and Webb his trusty aid. It is divided into three,one hour long episodes. I would class this as comedy/satire and found it very well acted(great cast) and highly enjoyable as you watch the British move from one disaster to the next while at the same time struggling with there new place in the world order! This is a show with many references to British culture but this is not vital to the plot and I would highly recommend it to people from any nation.Finally I must reiterate that Tazbekistan is not a real country,so NSA if you are reading this there is no point trying to bug them or there leaders......my telephone seems to be clicking so I better go!(quiet voice) Lets hope for a second series.